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Clinging on to my obsolete digital invite codes for bragging rights, it finally dawns on me. 'Oh no.' I stare into my bowl of soup and cry, 'I finally understand NFTs. Oh god, no.'

من هستم و می‌خونم، حتی اگه لایک نکنم

Image from the film Oddity: A creepy humanoid carving sits at a table - its mouth is agape in a scream and its hands rest tensely on the surface of the table.

Let's hear it for the wooden mannequin from Oddity, named People magazine's 2024 Sexiest Man Alive 🥵

Every once in a while, I'll see someone wonder about a sequel to Shin Godzilla - a futile idea, because no teaser poster will ever possibly go as hard as Shin's

I understand it was probably to capitalize on his newfound Frankenstein fame, but it's a shame Karloff is limited to being a grunting brute in this. I'm glad mummy would show off his charisma soon after this

Skottie Young and Jorge Corona's "The Me You Love In The Dark" is a another great looking book that I unfortunately can't enjoy much because its metaphors of abusive relationships and toxic behaviors just make me roll my eyes.

Martin Vaughn-James' "The Cage" is not easily categorizable, but maybe with enough leniency you can consider it cosmic horror, and the unknowable and unfathomable being oppressively pushing down against you and the story itself is "time".
"You experience The Cage rather than understand it."

Out of the multiple short story collections Thomas Ott has put out, I probably like "Exit" and its blend of surreal and absurd horror stories most.
"The Millionaires" and its EC style poetic justice is a highlight.

I like how "Dream World" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (published in Tales to Astonish 26 and Chamber of Chills 19) goes for the existential horror of the possibility of the reader being a figment of the writer's imagination. I just wish it was better integrated into the story of the comic itself

I'm used to seeing Mike Mignola's art in supernatural stories with demonic and undead creatures, so I was interested in seeing how his style fits a sci-fi story. Luckily Dave Gibbons' script adds the religious tone that helps tie it all together in "Aliens: Salvation" into a neat little package.

Recently discovered Bruce Jones' "Twisted Tales" anthology horror series and have been greatly enjoying his ability to efficiently tell exciting stories with effective twist endings in so little space.
My favorite story so far has been "A Walk in the Woods" drawn by Bret Blevins.

"About Face!" is another one of my favorite EC stories from Johnny Craig, in Vault of Horror 20.
A simple tale of greed, manipulation, betrayal, witchcraft, and justice.

Absolutely. It always showed, murderers, thieves, and other sorts of criminals meet their doom in some form of poetic justice, and that makes the "juvenile delinquency" accusations of the time doubly absurd.

One thing I love about EC comics is that even when they are clearly "ripping off" older horror stories or films, they add something new and unique to them, so they're more than simple retellings in comic form.
One of my favorite examples is "The Wall" from The Haunt of Fear 15, by Johnny Craig

James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton's "The Closet" is the type of modern horror that's more about dysfunctional families and trauma than all things spooky and while it is well done, it's not the type of horror I'm really into.

Even though Al Columbia's "Pim & Francie" comic was never finished in its original form, the collection of sketches and unfinished panels from a 10 year period that he released in 2009 is a gold mine of his unique creepy take on Fleischer style character designs.

Ignacio Noé and Ricardo Barreiro's "The Convent Of Hell" is a dark tale of satanic rituals, demonic possessions, and blasphemous orgies.
And yet it never loses its light hearted tone and trashy vibe. Slightly more explicit than I had expected.

Erik Svetoft creates a foreboding atmosphere and sense of unease in "Spa" right from the start, and ramps up the craziness from there.
Less of a detailed narrative with well defined characters and more of a Lynchian fever dream.

"The Hidden" by the late, great Richard Sala manages to hide its central mystery so well untill the final info dump, despite early foreshadowings that make sense on a re-read.
Similarly, his simplistic art style at first helps increase the shock value of the gruesome imagery of the later parts.

Thomas Ott's Alice in Wonderland and The Picture of Dorian Gray

Always been a fan of Thomas Ott's ability to tell intriguing short stories without any dialogue, but I didn't know he has one where it's told completely through close ups of hands (La bête à cinq doigts)

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Got tricked into watching Beau is afraid by hearing Bill Harder is in it.
I wouldn't have been so disappointed if at least the film itself was any good

Milo Manara's art for Jean-Pierre Enard's "The Art of Spanking"

It is very fortunate that you're not at that point. If you ever feel like you're close, please reach out.

If you need to talk I'm here.

A few xfiles I've painted

بذار اون کانکشن‌ها مجبور شن بیان اینجا، به خصوص که محتوای یونیک و جذابی داری (عکس و ماجراهای بچه گربه‌هات)